Friday, August 1, 2008

Matt Price has taken over the afternoon slot on the Big O (101.9 FM). Price will handle the 3-7 p.m. shift on the adult contemporary/rock station.

“Matt has a great delivery on the air with his wit, sense of humor and maturity. He really encompasses what we are trying to accomplish with this radio station in attracting adults 25-54 and appealing to the female listeners,” said Nevin Dane, Big O’s program director.

Price began his radio career a part-time talent for KFOR, KLMS and KRKR in Lincoln from 2001-2003. He co-produced Husker football programming including the “Husker Tailgate Show” and “Average Joe Sports Show.”

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!!!!! I'VE BEEN ON THE EDGE OF MY SEAT WONDERING WHEN THE NEXT EARTH SHATTERING BLOG ENTRY WOULD BE POSTED....I LOOK FORWARD WITH MUCH ANTICIPATION FOR THE NEXT BLOG ENTRY IN SEPTEMBER !!!!!!!!

Three weeks between updates and you offer this weak a$$ post? Some radio loser changes jobs and this is news? There's all sorts of news out there from layoffs to newsroom makeovers and you feed us radio press releases. god, you are making the point that bloggers are not journalists nor are alt weakly scribblers.

A BIG week in radio with the Clear Channel merger with Bain,XM/Sirus merger,CBS radio selling 50 stations. I know the CBS deal doesn't affect Omaha,however, its worth discussing along with the two other big stories of the week. Major market CC stations are in 'lock & load' mode looking at high salaries across the board from programming,talent,mgmt, promotions,etc.

I'm glad somebody posted about the heat advisory logo. I was thinking that as well. I was wondering how many people went outside and couldn't figure out why they were so warm after watching stations that did not advise their viewers of that. I was supprised that King Jim did not follow suit with a major logo and crawl, but I guess it was the weekend so he was obviously not in.

While they're at it, they should look for Perrault's replacement. Maybe they could find somebody with a local connection who can talk local sports and not mentally masturbate over the Red Sox, Patriots, Celtics and -- if they ever get good again -- Bruins. Nobody in the Midwest with a brain gives a rat's ass about Boston sports.

Omaha has to be the most tired, boring, predictable radio market in the country. Does Omaha really need yet another "classic (white) rock" station (the "Big O")? I was in Des Moines over the weekend and they have both a "quality rock adult alternative" and also a classic R&B station. The other "new" station in Omaha is 102.7 which seems to be another awful automated lite hits format with a bit of smooth jazz thrown in (I'd rather hear smooth jazz with a blend of classic R&B). Even our oldies channel (99.9) is tired--playing the same 50 songs over and over. Des Moines's KIOA plays a much better mix of oldies.

All the rock sucks in omaha becasue no company wants to be known as the one that killed off "the indepent" the river. Its good for the economy and local music scene even on a national level. Its not good for bussiness so all the other companies take the safe approach. It is no secret at all that Iowa western community college wants to dump the river and turn it into Iowa public radio and they have tried several times to pull the plug. When it happnes no commerical radio station will want to play unsinged artists and omaha could loose alot of its edge in local music.